Self-setting trap.



w. w. MGGARVEY. SELF SETTING TRAP. I AIEPLIGATION I'ILED JANJ, 1909.

, JVVENTOR C M Aftomey Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. MCGARVEY, OF CAPE GIRARIJEAU, MISSOURI.

SELF-SETTING TRAP.-

r Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 6, 1909. Serial No. 470,882.

Patented Aug. 10, .1909.

To all whom it may concern." I Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. MGGAR- vEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cape Girardeau, in the county of Cape Girardeau and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Self-Setting Tra s; and I do ereby declare the following to. a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference be? ing had-to the accompanying drawings, and

to the characters. of reference marked thereon, .which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to new and useful nnprovementsin [self-setting traps and com- PIISGS-VBIiOuS details of construction, combinations and arran ements-of arts which will be hereinafter fu y describe and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

' tank adapted to contain water and having an exit spi ot A. C designates a closure which is inged to said tank and is provided with an openingC'. D is a tra door having pintles D which are journaled adjacent to the 0 posite marginal edges of said opening, and designates a counter-balance arm proilectin from said door adapted to normally a old t e latter closed and allowing the door to tilt under the weight of an animal to be precipitated. into the tank beneath. Mounted upon said closure is a cage E having an aplerture F therein, and F designates a rod w ich is bent at angles at G, the ends of said rod bein fastened to the'cross rod 1, forming a part 0 the partition within said cage. K is a door hinged upon a rod K, the ends of which are fastened to the upri ht portions of the rod F. the U-sha ed s ace intermediate the arms of the wirean' serve to allow animals to pass from one compartment O'to the other 0, but so arranged as to prevent the animal gassing back into the compartment 0.. Q

eslgnates an opening leading into the com- Said door K is a apted to close,

partment O and having wires Q about said opening so positioned as tomake it difficult for an animal to escape having once entered said compartment 0-. R designates a bridge fastened to said closure and affords means whereby an animal can conveniently mount the tank and enter the cage. A handle 0 is fastened to said cage and forms means for conveniently carrying the trap. Depending trap door and adapted to hold a bait in such. a position as to induce the animal to come upon the tra door, the weight of the animal causin the atter to tilt and precipitate the anima into the tank beneath, after which the trap door will automatically close by means of the counterbalance arm. One end of the trap is provided with an opening R prefertoward said glass covered opening in its attempt to make escape, thereby coming upon the trap door. Fixed to the upper surface of said closure are the screw eyes 1, and S designates a rod having one end S bent at an mesh work of the cage and also said eyes T as well as through the mesh workabout the lat erally pro'ecting portion of the partition and serves to old t e ca e which is hinged at W to the eyes W locked to the closure. When said rod S is withdrawn from the position shown in the drawings,'said cage may be allowed to swing back to give access to the inte rior of the same.

What I claim to be new is therefor, registering eyes risin from the lathin'ged at one edge to said closure, said cage having anopen net work partition with an o ening'i'n an ofiset thereof, a rod passing t rough said cage and offset in the partition and bearing against the wire frame workand extending through said registering eyes upon said closure, asset forth.

In testimony whereof signature in the resence of two witnesses. WI LIAM W. McGARVEY. Witnesses ODE M. YARBRoUGH, EMIL A. MUEHLBAOH.

from the cage is a hook SF'positioned over the ably coveredwith glass, afiorded for a further means of inducing the animal to come angle. 'Said rod S is passed through the A trap comprisinga tank, a hinged closure 90 ter, a cage having a wire s eleton frame I hereunto aflix my 

